Latvia

Travel prices rise every year – Tez Tour

April 20, 2025

The prices of travel are increasing every year, said Rolands Birgelis, Chairman of the Board of tour operator Tez Tour, in an interview with LETA. He said that, as in [..]

Latvia

Passenger Traffic at Riga Airport Increased in January

February 18, 2025

RIX Riga Airport handled a total of 458 000 passengers in January, marking a nine percent increase compared to January 2024. According to operational data, the number of direct passengers [..]

Estonia

Cbank: Number of foreign visitors to Estonia gradually growing

August 8, 2024

According to travel statistics by the Bank of Estonia for the second quarter of 2024, foreign tourists are once again finding their way to Estonia. During the quarter, foreign nationals [..]

Europe

Train travel is making a comeback

July 26, 2024

Travelling by train in Europe is becoming more convenient and sustainable thanks to recent EU initiatives. New regulations for the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) to improve rail connectivity and make [..]

Estonia

Hotels and restaurants grapple with another year of falling tourist numbers

July 4, 2024

This summer in Tallinn is shaping up to be even poorer than 2023’s already disappointing showing, “Aktuaalne kaamera” (AK) reported Wednesday, with falling visitor figures and lower hotels and restaurants [..]

Latvia

Number of tourists in Riga might grow 15% this year – Riga Investment and Tourism Agency

June 12, 2024

Riga could receive 15 percent more visitors this year than last year, when 1.2 million foreign visitors arrived in the Latvian capital, Ieva Lasmane, the head of the tourism department [..]

Estonia

Wealthy tourists looking for custom experiences in Estonia

June 10, 2024

Külli Karing, vice president of the Estonian Tourism and Travel Association, told Vikerraadio that wealthy Germans and Americans come to Estonia for special experiences, such as a private tour of [..]

Estonia

Over 50 destinations to be available from Tallinn Airport this summer

March 19, 2024

The forthcoming summer season will give travelers a choice of more than 50 destinations to which direct flights will operate from Tallinn Airport. These will include three new airlines, with [..]

Estonia

Malaga, Copenhagen, Brussels most popular Air Baltic destinations from Estonia in December

January 17, 2024

For passengers flying out of Tallinn, the most popular flight destinations of Air Baltic in December were Malaga, Copenhagen and Brussels. In addition, flights to Vilnius, London, Tenerife and Riga [..]

Latvia

Number of nights spent at Latvian tourist accommodation establishments rose by 12.7% in January-November 2023

January 17, 2024

In the first 11 months of last year, the number of guest nights at Latvia’s tourist accommodation establishments grew by 12.7 percent against the same period a year ago to [..]

World

2023’s Top 100 City Destinations Ranking: Paris, Dubai, Madrid on the podium

December 12, 2023

Euromonitor International’s Top 100 City Destinations Index 2023 compares 55 different metrics across six key pillars for 100 city destinations, to create an overall city attractiveness score. It looks at [..]

Estonia

More than 284,000 passengers passed through Tallinn Airport in October, 2023 – a rise of 7.8% on the same period in 2022

November 21, 2023

A total of 284,215 passengers passed through Tallinn Airport in October, equalling the high-season volume recorded in August and the same month last year. Across the first 10 months of [..]

Europe

EU sees increase of tourist bed places in 2022

November 1, 2023

In 2022, the EU had an estimated total of 28.9 million bed places available across more than 620 000 tourist accommodation establishments. Data showed a complete recovery in terms of [..]